Fishguard Lifeboat Station | |
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![]() Fishguard Lifeboat Station | |
General information | |
Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Location | Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
Country | Wales, UK |
Coordinates | 52°0′47.78″N 4°59′5.05″W / 52.0132722°N 4.9847361°W |
Opened | 1822 |
Owner |
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Fishguard Lifeboat Station (based in Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station.
Located on the quay between Fishguard railway station and the northern breakwater, the station is staffed by two crews and has around 30 members.
Operating two lifeboats, a Trent-class lifeboat 14-03 Blue Peter VII (ON 1198) and an inshore D-class (IB1) lifeboat Edward Arthur Richardson (D-789), it is one of seven stations with a lifeboat funded by the BBC children's television series Blue Peter.
The station has operated since 1822 and crews have been presented with 29 awards for gallantry [1] including, in 1847, two RNLI Silver Medals to Martha and Margaret Llewellyn. [2] The RNLI took over the station in 1855. [3]
In May 1874 the RNLI awarded the Fishguard lifeboat No.1 crew £27 for their lifesaving services over the previous month; they included saving a total of 17 crew from the schooners J.T.S., Squirrel and Gem and the smack Lerry. [4]
On 16 November 1882 the lifeboat attended 15 different vessels and saved 46 lives. [3]
A slipway was built by the Great Western Railway in 1911 for a new boathouse; both were replaced in 1930. [3] The lifeboat Charterhouse (ON563) was on station between 1909 and 1931, during which time her crews saved 47 lives. Her centenary was celebrated in 2009, still afloat and renamed Marian. [5]
In February 1946 White Star was at sea for more than 24 hours in severe weather standing by the broken-down submarine HMS Universal and helping to rescue her crew. [6]
ON [a] | Name | In service [7] | Class | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
– | Unnamed | 1825–1855 | [Note 1] | |
– | Unnamed | 1855–1862 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [8] [Note 2] |
– | Sir Edward Perrott | 1863–1885 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [8] |
– | Sir Edward Perrott (II) | 1885–1889 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [8] |
252 | Elizabeth Mary | 1889–1907 | 31-foot Self-Righting (P&S) |
No.1 Station closed in 1907
ON [a] | Op. No. [b] | Name | In service [7] | Class | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | – | Fraser | 1869–1885 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [8] |
60 | – | Appin | 1885–1906 | 37-foot 2in Self-Righting (P&S) | |
295 | – | Reserve No.6A | 1906–1909 | 37-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [Note 3] |
563 | – | Charterhouse | 1909–1931 | 40-foot Self-Righting (motor) | |
710 | – | White Star | 1931–1956 | 45ft 6in Watson | |
932 | – | Howard Marryat | 1956–1981 | 46ft 9in Watson | |
1076 | 52-19 | Marie Winstone | 1981–1994 | Arun | |
1198 | 14-03 | Blue Peter VII | 1994– | Trent |
Op. No. [b] | Name | In service [7] | Class | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
D-505 | Arthur Bygraves | 1995–2006 | D-class (EA16) | |
D-652 | Team Effort | 2006–2015 | D-class (IB1) | |
D-789 | Edward Arthur Richardson | 2016– | D-class (IB1) | [9] |
The following are awards made to the crew of Fishguard Lifeboat Station.
Twenty-eight medals have been awarded, 1 Gold, 18 Silver and 9 Bronze.
[3]
[10]
[11]
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Fishguard Lifeboat Station | |
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![]() Fishguard Lifeboat Station | |
General information | |
Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Location | Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
Country | Wales, UK |
Coordinates | 52°0′47.78″N 4°59′5.05″W / 52.0132722°N 4.9847361°W |
Opened | 1822 |
Owner |
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Fishguard Lifeboat Station (based in Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station.
Located on the quay between Fishguard railway station and the northern breakwater, the station is staffed by two crews and has around 30 members.
Operating two lifeboats, a Trent-class lifeboat 14-03 Blue Peter VII (ON 1198) and an inshore D-class (IB1) lifeboat Edward Arthur Richardson (D-789), it is one of seven stations with a lifeboat funded by the BBC children's television series Blue Peter.
The station has operated since 1822 and crews have been presented with 29 awards for gallantry [1] including, in 1847, two RNLI Silver Medals to Martha and Margaret Llewellyn. [2] The RNLI took over the station in 1855. [3]
In May 1874 the RNLI awarded the Fishguard lifeboat No.1 crew £27 for their lifesaving services over the previous month; they included saving a total of 17 crew from the schooners J.T.S., Squirrel and Gem and the smack Lerry. [4]
On 16 November 1882 the lifeboat attended 15 different vessels and saved 46 lives. [3]
A slipway was built by the Great Western Railway in 1911 for a new boathouse; both were replaced in 1930. [3] The lifeboat Charterhouse (ON563) was on station between 1909 and 1931, during which time her crews saved 47 lives. Her centenary was celebrated in 2009, still afloat and renamed Marian. [5]
In February 1946 White Star was at sea for more than 24 hours in severe weather standing by the broken-down submarine HMS Universal and helping to rescue her crew. [6]
ON [a] | Name | In service [7] | Class | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
– | Unnamed | 1825–1855 | [Note 1] | |
– | Unnamed | 1855–1862 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [8] [Note 2] |
– | Sir Edward Perrott | 1863–1885 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [8] |
– | Sir Edward Perrott (II) | 1885–1889 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [8] |
252 | Elizabeth Mary | 1889–1907 | 31-foot Self-Righting (P&S) |
No.1 Station closed in 1907
ON [a] | Op. No. [b] | Name | In service [7] | Class | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | – | Fraser | 1869–1885 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [8] |
60 | – | Appin | 1885–1906 | 37-foot 2in Self-Righting (P&S) | |
295 | – | Reserve No.6A | 1906–1909 | 37-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [Note 3] |
563 | – | Charterhouse | 1909–1931 | 40-foot Self-Righting (motor) | |
710 | – | White Star | 1931–1956 | 45ft 6in Watson | |
932 | – | Howard Marryat | 1956–1981 | 46ft 9in Watson | |
1076 | 52-19 | Marie Winstone | 1981–1994 | Arun | |
1198 | 14-03 | Blue Peter VII | 1994– | Trent |
Op. No. [b] | Name | In service [7] | Class | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
D-505 | Arthur Bygraves | 1995–2006 | D-class (EA16) | |
D-652 | Team Effort | 2006–2015 | D-class (IB1) | |
D-789 | Edward Arthur Richardson | 2016– | D-class (IB1) | [9] |
The following are awards made to the crew of Fishguard Lifeboat Station.
Twenty-eight medals have been awarded, 1 Gold, 18 Silver and 9 Bronze.
[3]
[10]
[11]
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